Johnny Cash - A letter from home
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Capo: 4
//Capo on 4
//For a little extra bass variation whilst playing, open up the A-string on the G
chord and the D-string on the C-chord every other strum.
//Intro
F F F G F
//Verse
FA cowpoke rode in one hot dusty day
FTo a store down in old San AnGtone
He Fstood at the window and FI heard him say
FDo I have a Gletter from Fhome
FThe postmaster looked through the mail that had come
FThen smilingly shook his greGy head
The Fcowpoke looked sadly a Fmoment at him
FAnd these are the Gwords that he Fsaid
//Chorus
FNo letter from home, no Fletter from Fhome
FThere's never a letter from Ghome
FNo message from Mother or Fnone of the Fothers
FThere's never a Gletter from Fhome
//Break
F G F
//Repeat verse
That night he was shot on the wrong side of town
No more on those plains will he roam
I reached for my Bible and gave it to him
And said son here's your letter from home
If only I had just a little more time
To read it The young cowboy said
I can't take it with me and I must go on
Then he died with his letter unread
//Repeat chorus
The letter from home, the letter from home
No time for the letter from home
The cowboy lay dead with his letter unread
Too late for the letter from home
//Outro
F G F
//This obviously doesn't do Cash's song any justice, but it's fun to play and sing
along to. Hope this helped you out. -Seb B.